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ALCTS webinar: Linked Library Data: Tuning Library Metadata
for the Semantic Web
Date: March 16, 2011
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern,
1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
Description: This webinar will provide a brief introduction
to the linked data design pattern and the principles and terminology of the
Semantic Web. Examples will focus on the metadata and value vocabularies used
in various domains and the emergence of this pattern in libraries.
Additionally, the webinar will look at how linked data into the ongoing
development of RDA and IFLA's current efforts to harmonize the FRBR family of
standards. The role of metadata registries in managing large and complex
metadata vocabularies will be addressed. The presentation will conclude with a
discussion of how linked data principles can broaden the utility of metadata
standards like RDA by allowing communities to utilize only the parts of the
standard that are of value to them.
Audience: This webinar is for anyone wanting an introduction
to Linked Data, RDF, and the Semantic Web, and who is interested in how library
data models and metadata standards could evolve to work more effectively in
this space. No prior knowledge of RDF or Semantic Web is required.
Presenter: Corey A Harper has worked as the Metadata
Services Librarian at New York University since 2007. Prior to that, he was a
metadata librarian and a digital library developer at the University of Oregon.
He has been actively involved in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
since 2002, and has focused his professional work on discussing Semantic Web
technologies and Linked Open Data principles with librarians in a variety of
venues.
This is the fourth is a series of five webinars on RDA. The
webinars included in the RDA series are:
February 2, 2011 - Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 1:
Description
February 9, 2011 - Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 2: Access Points
March 2, 2011 - RDA and Serials Catalogers: Will Our Work Really Change?
March 16, 2011 - Linked library data: tuning library
metadata for the Semantic Web
April 6, 2011 - Preparing copy catalogers for RDA
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To Register, complete the online registration form at http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm
for the session you would like to attend.
Fees for individual webinars:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Participants outside the United States may register at the
ALCTS member rate.
Pricing for RDA Series: (All 5 webinars)
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346
Individuals - ALCTS members: $120; Non-members: $160
Participants outside the United States may register at the
ALCTS member rate.
All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes
unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will
receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the
webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to
the recording at your convenience.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA
Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie
Reese, ALCTS Events Manager.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.